I was hanging out with the Pentacle family today. The Royals are real down to earth and practical rulers over the ten spirits at their command. They are serious about being fruitful and multiplying in the realm of elemental earth.

    Then there are the spiritual overlords that over see the Royals, so don't think they can just run amok without some spiritual force over them. These are the Majors that administer stellar emanations into the earthly realm. For this family it would be The Hierophant, The Hermit, and The Devil. Taurus, Virgo, an Capricorn respectively. They are the guiding Lights that shine into the earthly realm so that this family of spirits can function and carry out their work.

     This brings to mind, What is over seeing the Overlords? That is the great secret of Tarot. What Divine being is overseer of the whole Tarot? Is it our conceptual view of our creator? The phrase that most Tarot people know is; the Wheel of Tarot Speaks the Law of Hathor(Nature). Some say it is the long forgotten knowledge of our Goddess. I think it is something on a different level yet!

    The presiding Spirit that permeates the Sacred Tarot is You!! That's right!! When one picks up the deck, they are telling themselves that this is the Book of Me. The Tarot is like a vault or could be a tomb whichever way you see it, and in this is the total mysteries of yourself. You are in control of the spirits of the Tarot. Not the other way around. People who are asleep think they are in control but in reality they are under the control of the spirits they're supposed to control. Those of us who do not want to be spirit controlled pick up the deck of Tarot with the goal of taking control of their destiny.

     I suggest to all people who are students of Tarot to get to know their deck in this manner. Treating the cards as individual spirits that are working either for you or against you. Getting to know the families in this way gives greater depth and scope to using Tarot predictively, psychologically, or in an occult manner. The spirits of the Tarot are there to work for us when they know who is in control.
So, the question is: Are you controlled by the spirits or are you in control of them?

ROTA Blessings!